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The Rumelian Turks of Greece

The Rumelian Turks of Greece, numbering approximately 160,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Turkish Muslim community that traces its roots to Rumelia, the Ottoman Empire name for its European territories, largely corresponding to today’s Balkans. Rumelian Turks are the main ethnically Turkish community in Greece today. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Turkish is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3 Flash: Rumelian Turk

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Turkic Peoples
Country: Greece
People Cluster: Turkic
Primary Language(s): Turkish (tur)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 160,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG046763
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

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Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Turkish
Language Family: Turkic

100%
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Turkish Speakers

Media Resources in Turkish:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film
The SaviorView Film

3 films

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Bible Resources in Turkish:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Halk Dilinde 2012✓✓
Kutsal Kitap 2009✓✓
New Turkish Bible Translation✓
Yeni Antlaşma 1987, 1994✓✓

4 entries

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Or check out the Turkish bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Rumelian Turks are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Rumelian Turks:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Rumelian Turks of Greece

And Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly. You have not kept the command of the Lord your God, with which he commanded you."
read1 Samuel 13:13a

Pray that those who are walking in disobedience will recognize their sin and to turn to God.

The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place that you appointed for them.
readPsalm 104:8

Pray that they will see the hand of God in the beauty and order of the natural world, and that they will worship Him as the Creator and Sustainer of all things.

And Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven."
readMatthew 16:17

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will abide in Him and have assurance that He is the Christ, the Son of the Living God.

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
readActs 1:8

Pray that God will raise up believers who are willing to cross cultures and boldly share the good news of Jesus with the lost in this people group and from every nation.

Turk Across Countries (ROP3 - 113818) reported in the following countries:

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27 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
TurksPG024593TurksTurkiye64,280,000Engaged yet UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG000274TurksGermany2,205,000Engaged yet UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG000444TurksNetherlands761,000Engaged yet UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG000744TurksBulgaria508,000Engaged yet UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG000204TurksFrance394,000Engaged yet UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG000046TurksAustria227,000Engaged yet UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
Rumelian TurksPG046763Rumelian TurksGreece160,000Engaged yet UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG046495TurksUnited States147,000Engaged yet UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG000606TurksSwitzerland138,000Engaged yet UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG000099TurksDenmark107,000Engaged yet UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG024299TurksKazakhstan92,000Unengaged and UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG000073TurksBelgium83,500Engaged yet UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG000859TurksNorth Macedonia69,500Unengaged and UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG042466TurksUnited Kingdom62,500Engaged yet UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG008077TurksAustralia59,500Engaged yet UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG000576TurksSweden58,000Unengaged and UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG011515TurksEgypt57,500Unengaged and UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG000902TurksRomania56,500Engaged yet UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG050497TurksUnited Arab Emirates44,500Engaged yet UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG050665TurksItaly40,000Unengaged and UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG011937TurksSaudi Arabia37,000Unengaged and UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG043491TurksCanada30,000Engaged yet UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG049408TurksNorway21,000Unengaged and UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG048012TurksKosovo13,000Unengaged and UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG000723TurksBosnia and Herzegovina9,800Engaged yet UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG011823TurksLebanon6,300Unengaged and UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam
TurksPG006409TurksPakistan2,500Unengaged and UnreachedTurkishSunni Islam

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